Human Rights Watch (HRW), in a unified letter on Wednesday, joined more than 3,700 non-profit and non-partisan organizations to reject affronts to nonprofit organizations introduced by US President Donald Trump’s recent domestic terrorism memorandum .

The letter comes shortly after the coalition issued a press statement on October 1 calling the action an attempt to intimidate and silence charitable groups through the executive action. While reaffirming their stance against political violence, the groups stated:

This attack on nonprofits is not happening in a vacuum, but as a part of a wholesale offensive against organizations and individuals that advocate for ideas or serve communities that the president finds objectionable, and that seek to enforce the rule of law against the

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